Suppose, this is as far as I could go:
A golden cage enroofed in solid glass
Must I persist to try and overthrow
This bar of fate that says “Thou shalt not pass”?
Or stoop now to accept His high decree
That each of Man shall have his set degree...

"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." – Annie Dillard
Suppose, this is as far as I could go:
A golden cage enroofed in solid glass
Must I persist to try and overthrow
This bar of fate that says “Thou shalt not pass”?
Or stoop now to accept His high decree
That each of Man shall have his set degree...